Traditional Pastoralism and Holistic Planned Grazing

Traditionally the Maasai occupied and grazed enormous areas of land and lived semi-nomadic lives that evolved around the grazing of cattle.Cattle were grazed as part of a functional ecosystem that supported a wide range of wildlife including top predators which managed wild herd of grazers. Herders would graze their cattle on an area for a short while and then move on to new pastures and water sources allowing for long periods of rest before they returned, this system was in balance with the environment and allowed for healthy, people, land and animals.

Unfortunately over the years the land that the Maasai have access to has become less and many external pressures have altered their traditional grazing system and way of living. The result has been a struggle to adapt to a new system of land occupation and this has been compounded by the issue of climate change.

An aim of the organisation is to help Maasai people learn how to manage their new 'whole' (life, land, cattle) by using the traditional principles of herd grazing and applying them - through holistic management and holistic planned grazing - to help regenerate the land.

Regenerating land will naturally bring back wildlife, restore water courses, and increase the quantity and quality of pasture which is a sustainable food source for the livestock - the main food or funding source of Maasai pastoralists.